as a kid i knew this as a God's eye. Hugs, Lin and the Mali
[image: http://www.amazing-animations.com/animations/goodmorning15.gif] [image: ðŸ¤â] On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 9:46 AM Jeri Ames <jeria...@aol.com> wrote: > Please tell us where the Kopek/Whirlpool name originated - (Author and > Book Title, or Teacher). > > A sampler of my making dated 1974 contains the stitch called Woven > Spider's Web. It is a much older stitch than that. Those of you who own > Erica Wilson's 1973 big orange - Embroidery Book - will find the > instructions on page 98. I'm quoting a book by a graduate of the Royal > School of Needlework in London, because the correspondence we have read - > about Kopek/Whirlpool - seems to originate in England. > > Inventing new names for well-established stitches confuses people > concerned with passing on history that is as accurate as possible. > Inventing will probably confuse researchers of the future, and I believe > young stitchers should learn from those of us who have wielded needles for > decades. > > Would very much appreciate if others would pick up the slack and > participate, instead of remaining silent. Please - share if you've been > exposed to lace and embroidery experts. This happens to be a stitch made > with a threaded needle, with the eye end of the needle used to weave. It > can be worked in-the-air (lace) or anchored on a pre-existing foundation > fabric (embroidery). > > Arachne translates to spider (and the Greek Goddess of that name). All > reading Lace@arachne should know about woven and whipped spider's webs > because of this ancient history connected to our name. > > Jeri Ames in Maine > Lace and Embroidery Resource Center > > In a message dated 2/21/2019 9:31:01 AM Eastern Standard Time: > > Hi Fellow Arachnids, Thank you for posting the photos, Clare. I can now > see that both Kopek (a > small Russian coin) and whirlpool fillings are what we would call a Russian > spider. Joepie, in overcast but relatively warm Sussex, UK > ------------------------ > > From: Clare Lewis > Sent: 20 February 2019 23:58 > To: J R > Cc: Arachne Reply<mailto:lace@arachne.com> > Subject: Re: [lace] Kopek/Whirlpool filling > > <A kopek is a Russian coin. > I discovered that a kopek is a heck of a lot > of different things in > different languages when I tried to Google for an answer to my question! > > Anyway, thanks in no small part to a very patient Sue Babbs I have now > uploaded three photos to the Arachne Flickr page showing the top and > underside of a kopek filling. Clare L > > Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ > > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
